Kitchen hood cleaning log
Hood, filters, duct and fan — what was reached and what was flagged.
Hood, filters, duct and fan — what the cleaner reached, the grease condition they found, and anything they could not get to. Their certificate number goes on the record and the record goes in Records. It does not state a required cleaning frequency: that turns on how hard the kitchen runs and what your AHJ adopted.
The cleaner's visit, what they reached and what they flagged — with the certificate filed in Records. It does not state a required cleaning frequency: that turns on how hard the kitchen runs and which standard your AHJ adopted.
Suppression system service — The hood's fire suppression is its own inspection, on its own log.
What a cleaning record holds
Which kitchen and which hood, the date, the company and the technician, what was scheduled and what was actually reached — hood, filters, duct, fan — the grease condition they found, anything they could not get to, their certificate or report number, and the next date they gave you. The record files with the rest of the building’s paperwork.
What they could not reach is the important line
An access panel that will not open, a horizontal duct run with no access, a fan that could not be lifted. Those are the parts that carry grease into the next year, and they are invisible unless somebody writes them down. Recorded here, each one becomes work with an owner and a date instead of a sentence that recurs on every invoice.
Cleaning is not a suppression inspection
Cleaning removes grease from the hood, filters, duct and fan. A hood suppression inspection tests the system over the cookline and produces a certificate with a date on it. They are different jobs, usually done by different companies, and one does not discharge the other. Keep the suppression certificate in the license, permit and certificate tracker, where a dated document belongs; keep the cleaning here.
No frequency is stated here
How often a hood needs cleaning turns on how hard the kitchen runs and on which standard, in which edition, your authority having jurisdiction adopted. This tool records the cleaning and records the next date your cleaner gave you. It works nothing out, and it tells you nothing about whether you are due.
What it connects to
Something flagged for repair becomes a tracked item in the corrective action tracker, and the work itself starts at the work order. Everything this cleaner has done across your buildings is the vendor service log. Most kitchens keeping this log keep the pest control log too.
A record of cleaning visits that took place. CompliMaint states no required cleaning frequency, issues no certification and makes no finding that any kitchen is compliant — your cleaner, your insurer and your AHJ do that. Everything runs on your device.
Questions people ask
- What should a hood cleaning log record?
- Which kitchen and which hood, the date, the company and the technician, what was scheduled, what was actually reached — hood, filters, duct, fan — the grease condition they found, anything they could not get to or flagged for repair, their certificate or report number, the next date they gave you, and the cost if you have it.
- How often does a kitchen hood need cleaning?
- This tool does not state a frequency. It depends on how hard the kitchen runs — a wood-fired or high-volume line is not a church hall kitchen — and on which standard, in which edition, your authority having jurisdiction has adopted. Your cleaner and your AHJ set it. Record the next date you were given; nothing here calculates one.
- Is hood cleaning the same as a hood suppression inspection?
- No, and keeping them apart matters. Cleaning removes grease from the hood, filters, duct and fan, and it is service work. A hood suppression inspection tests the fire suppression system over the cookline and produces a certificate. In this product a suppression certificate is a dated document in the license and certificate tracker; this log records cleaning visits. One does not discharge the other.
- Why record what the cleaner could not reach?
- Because that is the part that turns into a fire or a failed inspection. An access panel nobody can open, a horizontal duct run with no access, a fan that could not be lifted — written down, those become work with an owner and a date. Left out of the record, they quietly recur on every visit.